Hello and welcome to my 2026 Princess Half Marathon Weekend coverage! Today we’ll be discussing our stay at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort. Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort flies somewhat under the radar. I might go so far as to say that it has the least buzz around it of any Walt Disney...
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You’re never gonna believe this, but I think I’ve done it. I think I’ve figured out how to fix our runDisney race registration problems. Will Disney listen to me? Unlikely, but not impossible…? Regardless, I figure it can’t hurt to lay it out. WAIT, WHAT ARE OUR runDISNEY RACE REGISTRATION PROBLEMS? My runDisney pros could be forgiven if they...
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Hello and welcome to my 2026 Princess Half Marathon Weekend coverage! Today we’ll be recapping the Princess Half Marathon. Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! After a successful is slightly damp Princess 10K, we were ready to finish out our 2026 Fairy Tale Challenge with a hopefully much drier Princess Half Marathon. Would the race live...
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Hello and welcome to my 2026 Princess Half Marathon Weekend coverage! Today we’ll be discussing the Princess 10K. Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! True story: I was 90% convinced the 2026 Princess 10K was going to be cancelled. WAIT, WHY WOULD THE PRINCESS 10K BE CANCELLED? Not out of nowhere! The weather report was dicey...
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After a frankly rough 2026 runDisney Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, I am thrilled to provide the following spoiler: my 2026 Princess Half Marathon Weekend was lovely. Oddly enough, though, it was precisely because my WDW Marathon Weekend was rough that I was able to ultimately manage the threatened return of my pre-race panic. Turns out I was on...
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No, to my knowledge, Sean Astin does not have the secret to runDisney zen. The secret is that you USE Sean Astin’s example to achieve runDisney zen, assuming your anxiety is time-based. Yes, of course I will explain. WHY SEAN ASTIN? At the beginning of my runDisney career, the greatest constant was Sean Astin. He was at the 2013...
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While I was running the 50th annual Marine Corps Marathon, Kate was tackling Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend. She was kind enough to jot up a race recap and trip report guest blog for me. Take it away, Kate! Well, it’s me, Kate, back again as a guest blogger for Fairest Run Of All, bringing you my report...
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Hello and welcome to my 2026 WDW Marathon Weekend trip report! You can see all the posts in this report here. Today we’ll be recapping the Walt Disney World Marathon. Onward! Okay, yes, the 2026 WDW Marathon was far and away the WORST of my eleven outings in this race. But I’m still deeply grateful for it, because I finished…...
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Disney’s Beach Club resort is not a hard sell. It’s a deluxe accommodation with a spectacular location, multiple popular restaurants on site, and the most coveted pool complex on property. I’m not here to ask if you should stay at the Beach Club. But I am asking: is the Beach Club a good place to set up camp during...
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Hello and welcome to my 2026 WDW Marathon Weekend trip report! You can see all the posts in this report here. Today we’ll be recapping the Walt Disney World Half Marathon. Onward! After the cooler conditions of 2025, the morning of the WDW Half Marathon dawned with the promise of warm temperatures. Perhaps too warm, but at least with...
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